Training Program in Vision Science

描述(由申请人提供)：这是加州大学戴维斯分校11个系的31名视觉科学家(21名教官和10名副教官)申请NEI培训补助金的新申请。培训计划的目标是培养能够建立独立研究计划的视觉科学家，这些计划将解决视觉科学中的重大问题。它将在加州大学戴维斯分校现有研究生课程的支持下运作，因为它们提供了实现我们的培训目标所需的广泛灵活性。培训方案要求为咨询委员会挑选的4名博士后和3名博士后学员提供支持。博士后实习生通常将从培训补助金中获得两年的支持，而博士后实习生通常将获得一年的支持。内部支助机制和外部赠款将用于其他年份的培训(博士培训约5年，博士后培训约3年)。受训人员将参与加州大学戴维斯分校拥有视觉科学专长小组的五个领域中的一个或多个：(I)分子生物学和遗传学，(Ii)解剖学和生理学，(Iii)视网膜成像，(Iv)中枢机制神经生理学和行为，以及(V)功能成像、计算建模和心理物理学。21位讲师都有一个积极的视觉科学研究计划，对培训的坚定承诺，以及足够的外部资金来支持博士前和/或博士后学员。该培训计划借鉴了招生研究生计划的严格研究培训，但也包括涵盖更广泛的视觉科学和临床视觉科学的调查课程。研究生培训生只有在研究生院第一年之后才能得到支持，因此将是一个高度挑剔的群体，他们已经完成了大部分基础科学课程。博士后和博士后实习生将参加视觉科学、期刊俱乐部的一系列活跃的学术讨论会和关于研究道德行为的课程。所有受训人员都将从事视觉科学研究，这些研究将在国家会议上发表，并提交给同行评议的期刊。博士后培训将把重点放在获得独立研究经费上。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a new application for an NEI training grant from 31 vision scientists (21 preceptors and 10 associate preceptors) across 11 departments at the University of California, Davis. The goal of the training program is to produce vision scientists who will be capable of establishing independent research programs that will address significant problems in vision science. It will operate under the auspices of existing graduate programs at UC Davis as they offer the broad flexibility needed to achieve our training objectives. The training program requests support for 4 predoctoral and 3 postdoctoral trainees to be selected by an Advisory Committee. Predoctoral trainees will typically receive two years of support from the training grant, while postdoctoral trainees will typically be supported for one year. Internal support mechanisms and extramural grants will be used for the other years of training (~5 years for Ph.D. training and ~3 years for postdoctoral training). The trainees will participate in one or more of the five areas in which UC Davis has groups with vision science expertise: (i) molecular biology and genetics, (ii) anatomy and physiology, (iii) retinal imaging, (iv) central mechanism neurophysiology and behavior, and (v) functional imaging, computational modeling and psychophysics. Each of the 21 preceptors has an active program of vision science research, a strong commitment to training and sufficient extramural funding to support predoctoral and/or postdoctoral trainees. The training program draws on the rigorous research training of the admitting graduate programs, but also includes survey courses that cover the broader vision sciences and clinical vision science. Graduate trainees will be supported only after their first year of graduate school and will thus be a highly selective group that has completed much of their basic science curriculum. Predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees will participate in an active colloquium series in the vision sciences, journal clubs and a course on the ethical conduct of research. All trainees will be engaged in vision science research that will be presented at national meetings and submitted to peer- reviewed journals. Postdoctoral training will have a strong emphasis on achieving independent research funding.